Monday, 6 September 2010

Read, First, Then, After, Allow

Dok, kembí lest primon, dua bodú les posli ya kembí, smiet kodin?

Pupil replies Then, you read first, then I read after you, okay?

Some notes:

The verb stem for to read changes from leh- to les- if there is no vowel following. In ghostian if an 's' comes between to vowels in a word it turns into 'h'.

The word for first is primon. If an adjective is being used as an adverb it takes the neuter ending as it does here. So the stem of first is prim-. We will find first as an adjective as prim, with masculine nouns, and maybe as a short form with neuter nouns (I don't know what the rules will settle as yet); and prima with feminine nouns.

Dua is used between clauses and means 'then, but, again.

Posli is a preposition meaning after (in time). It takes the genitive case. As kembí doesn't inflect the accompanitive preposition is inserted between them.

Smiet is a verb meaning, may, or to be allowed. It is used here with the question tag to invite agreement.

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